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Final Diocesan Tribute To Venerable Prelate To a congregation in Mt. Carmel Church, New Bedford, . that overflowed into the bordering streets, Rt. Rev. Hum berto S. Medeiros, Diocesan Chancellor and pastor of St., Michael's Church, Fall River, painted a word picture in a eulogy that will make the late Monsignor Antonio P. Vieira live forever in the minds of the hearers. Msgr. Vieira, 98 years of age and a priest 75 years, died in Mt. Car mel Rectory Goo d F rid a y morning after a brief illness. Taking his text from the 20th ehapter of St. Matthew's Gospel - "The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve and gave His life for the redemption of many" - the eulogist stated: -Monsignor Vieira passed his whole life in the service of truth which frees man and in the ser ~ice of life which leads to eter nal happiness." "He was a priest, and in the ehurch of Christ, a priest exer cises a function which is con fided to him by the same Church. He accomplishes the mission that Christ r e c e i v e d from His Heavenly Father - the salvation of th~ human race. The Church is commissioned to teach the l'evealed word of God and to
MSGR. ANTONIO P. VIEIRA sanctify men by giving them the life that comes from Christ the Turn to Page Seventeen
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The Most Reverend Bishop hM eaned for an intensification of efforts by clergy ana laity in every parish of the Fall River Diocese aiming at full participation in the liturgical life of the Church. The Bishop was one of the· first in the United States ~ urge- this participation, issuing his first d~ti'~,e ,~ Oct. 9, 1958, just one. week after the direc . tive of the Congregatio~ of Rites concerning participa tion was issued in Rome' and on the same day that· the
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late Pius XII died. On Tuesday next all pastors and priests ful- .' filling the pastoral ministry in the Diocese will meet at Jesus Mary Academy Auditorium in Fall River to hear discussed the responsibilities of pastors to further participation in the wor ship of the church in their parishes and the discharge of liturgical actions on the part of the laity. . Rt. Rev. Thomas F. Walsh, pastor of St. John's Parish, At leboro, and Dean of that Dis trict, will address the gathering on "The Pastor of Souls and the Sacred Liturgy." "The Layman and sacred Liturgy" will be the topic of consideration by Rev. Luiz G. Mendonca, administrator of Our Lady of Health Church, Fall River. '. Turn to Page Seventeen
·Msgr. Medeiros Is Diocesan Consultor The Most Reverend. Bish
op J aniesL. Connolly, an-' nounced today the· appoint ment of Rt. Rev. Humberto S. Medeiros, pastor of St; Michael's Church, Fall' River, and .Chancellor of the Diocese, as a member of the Board of Diocesan Consultors. The ap- pointm'ent is effective immedi,;. atel . '.' ~nSignOr Medeiros succeeds the late' Rt.· Rev. Antonio P. Vieira who served on the Board for forty years. -Monsignor Medeiros, the son of the late Antonio and Maria MaSsa FloI' 'Medeiros, was born Oct. 6, 1915, in· Arrifes, St. Michael, Azores. He came with his family to this country in 1915 arid attended public schools in Fall River, graduating from Durfee High School as one of the four highest ranking stu dents. He attended college at the Catholic University of America in Washington, and took three years of philosophy as a scho
Chancellor Fills ~la~e of Late Msg.r. Vieira'. larship studen~ seminarian at the Basselin.Foundation of the Cath olic University. He received his M.A. degree in phi~osophy at the conclusion of that course. Courses in theology were taken
Bishop Connolly Establishes New Unit Three Diocesan pastors have been appointed by Bish op Connolly to serve on the newly erected Diocesan Com mission on Sacred Art. Rt. Rev. Alfred J. Gendreau, pastor of Blessed Sacrament Church, Fall River;Rt. Hev. Henri A. Hamel, pastor of St. John the Baptist Church, Fall River, and Rt. Rev. Humberto S. Medeiros, pastor of St. Michael's Church, Fall River, have been named as members of this new board. Commissions on Sacred Lit urgy and Sacred Music were established in the Diocese in Turn to Page Seventeen .MSGR.ALFREDJ.GENDREAV
at the Theological College of tht! Catholic University and he was ordained to the priesthood by the late Bishop Cassidy in St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, on June 15, 1946. _ ,Upon his ordination, the new Diocesan Consultor spent the Summer as assistant at St. John of God Church, Somerset, and i~ the Fall was assigned to St. Michael's Church, Fall River, the parish of which he is now pastor. Turn to Page Seventeen
Austrian Prelate In Hub "I can hardly imagine that the Third Session of the See ond Vatican Council will be the last," Francis Cardinal ltoenig, Archbishop of Vienna, told reporters at a Bishops' Press Conference in Boston at the beginning of a two week tou! Tum to Page Fifteen
Three Monsignori on Art Commission
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MSGR. HUMBERTO MEDEIROS
Bishops Discuss Liturgical Decree This week the eloquent talks of the world's special ists 'will be. translated into American English; the ideals of concerned shepherds will be turned into practical directives. The American Bishops, heeding the call of their Elder Brother, will sift the weighty suggestions of the Council so as to grant to every American the spiritual diet provided by Chri~. In Washington, D.C., Bishops from the .50 States and Posses sions will' deliberate' among , .. Turn to Page Four
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